Example sentences of "to catch up with the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Next day , it 's off to the supermarket to catch up with the shopping — do n't forget the newborn-size nappies !
2 One sequence , filmed in Maidenhead , showed Crawford , dressed up in a fireman 's uniform , peddling furiously on a bike in an attempt to catch up with the engine .
3 If the Council did a good deal to catch up with the agenda of the Council of Trent , it did rather little to face the real agenda confronting the whole human and Christian community in the last decades of this century .
4 ‘ The breaks are probably where the mobile is moving from one cell to another and he is searching through to catch up with the conversation again in the next cell .
5 European sales accounted for 25% of NCD 's revenues last year — the company expects that figure to rise to 40% this year as Europe begins to catch up with the US in its adoption of X-Windows-based technologies .
6 Here , with the concentration on labour-intensive crops , not only large estates with hired labour but large peasant farms also flourished , and even began to catch up with the estates .
7 Although Newcastle is having to run very hard to catch up with the mechanics of community care , Roycroft thinks that in terms of the spirit of the act , the city is already way ahead .
8 Thomas needed to catch up with the shapechanger .
9 To catch up with the plot
10 The purpose of these breaks is to give learners a chance to catch up with the plot ; to get them to a point where they understand enough of what has happened to make a reasonable stab at following the gist of the next part .
11 This invitation is also open to former members of the Scholarship Scheme , several of whom have found the Summer School an excellent ‘ refresher course ’ , and a way to catch up with the progress of their colleagues .
12 She tried to catch up with the machine , but she did n't want to attract any undue attention from the IMC troopers , and the thing seemed determined to ignore her .
13 They seem to be trying to catch up with the West of the Fifties . ’
14 It will take years for Albania to catch up with the standards of medicine in other European countries but not all the news is negative .
15 ‘ Who 's Isobel ? ’ asked Mr Stych , trying to catch up with the tale .
16 What happened after that was that divisional FA representative Arthur Clark took up the case and more sedentary media throughout Britain puffed to catch up with the Backtrack exclusive .
17 However , it too is thought to be moving to catch up with the market .
18 She refused to look upon herself as an invalid , but it might be sensible to take a tonic , say , during the coming winter months , and to catch up with the loss of sleep she had so cheerfully endured .
19 It took me about two weeks to catch up with the loss .
20 If you were away last week can you please leave space to catch up with the writing which you will do in your own time .
21 Racing to catch up with the industry 's evolution , Comdex ’ owner Interface Group is launching Enterprise Computing Exposition and Conference set for Chicago 's McCormick Place July 26–28 next year .
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